Boris Kilpatrick

So the book is closed on Hocking, Drummond, AFL & Geelong. Nothing to see here. Misstep says Hocking. Ohhhh ok Stevey we’ll sort it and send it to a KC who’ll stretch it out long enough for everyone to forget about it. Journos will be too gutless to investigate further so it’s all yesterday’s news. In the meantime we will manipulate our moral standards and put Swans under microscope to take the focus away from us.

What’s happened with the Cats drama with Hocking and co anyway? Under the carpet or findings released Melbourne Cup Day

An excruciatingly poor leader but a rippingly good bloke…….The world is full of them. Completely and utterly paddling which I’ve said since inception. So disappointed in his performance. I’ve always known he was not a strong leader and a somewhat anti-confrontational person which doesn’t augur well for assessment and appointment as a head of AFL or any “public” organisation to be frank. Put simply he is well out of his depth and struggling, evidenced by him averting press conferences and obvious lack of confidence when he does attend them.

I often refer to the poor leadership at the AFL. Steve Hocking advanced his career at AFL - along with destroying it with rule changes - came back to clubland and incorporated the poor leadership standards and principles with this “misstep”. Craig Drummond was president at Geelong during the time this “misstep” occurred and is now leading AFL as Commission Chairman.